Sunday, November 29, 1998
The last of the leaves should be on the ground. As you wrap up that autumn task, there's the matter of getting rid of them.
City of Cincinnati: Put leaves in brown paper yard-waste bags or in garbage cans marked "yard waste." Leaves in plastic bags will not be collected. Until mid-January, put them at the curb on garbage-collection day.
After mid-January, call the city (591-6000) each time you have yard waste to be collected. Regular weekly service resumes in April.
Hamilton County: Services differ from suburb to suburb, but all Hamilton County residents can drop off yard waste at Evans Landscaping, 3700 Round Bottom Road, Newtown; 5700 Center Hill Ave., Winton Hills; Rumpke Sanitary Landfill, Colerain Avenue at Struble Road, Colerain Township; and Kuliga Park, 6717 Bridgetown Road, Green Township. Hours: 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays and 3-5:30 p.m. Fridays through Dec. 6. Yard waste includes leaves, grass clippings, prunings, brush, tree branches and trimmings, tree stumps up to 75 pounds and Christmas trees. Branches and brush may be tied into bundles no larger than 2 feet by 4 feet.
For a free copy of the county's "Yardwaste at Home" handbook, call 333-4755.
Information: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services, 333-4732.
Butler County: Residents of Fairfield, Hamilton, Middletown, Monroe and Oxford and other Rumpke customers can buy yard waste pickup stickers at Kroger, Thriftway, IGA, Hader Hardware, Trustworthy Hardware, Bigg's, Sears and Meijer stores. Information: 242-4600. If you live outside city limits and subscribe to BFI, your fee includes two bags or cans of yard waste a week.
Yard waste can be dropped off for a fee at County Line Compost and Mulch, 6470 Butler-Warren Road; Hamilton's Transfer Station, Third Street; or NPK Composting Farm, 8968 E. Miami River Road, Colerain Township.
Information: 887-3406.
Clermont County: There is no county program. Trash haulers offer pickup: Clermont Waste, 528-5460, or Rumpke, (800) 626-3136. Warren, Dearborn, Kenton, Campbell and Boone counties: They have no yard waste programs.
